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## Knowledge of Time through Eyes, Ears, Head and Other Means
**From Yoga Shastra, Pancham Prakash, Verses 123-131**
**Verse 122:** If the petal near the eye is not visible, death occurs in three months; if the petal at the corner of the eye is not visible, death occurs in two months; and if the petal near the nose is not visible, death occurs in one month.
**Verse 123:** This is the same order for the lotus related to the sun. When the petals are not visible, death occurs in ten, five, three, and two days respectively.
**Verse 124:** If the petals of both lotuses are not visible without pressing the eye with a finger, death occurs in one hundred days.
**Verses 125-126:** Now, the knowledge of lifespan through the ears is explained in two verses. Contemplating the lotus with eight petals in the heart, if the sound of fire (agni-nirghosh) is not heard in both ears when pressed with the index fingers of both hands, death occurs in five years if it is not heard for five days, in four years if it is not heard for ten days, in three years if it is not heard for fifteen days, in two years if it is not heard for twenty days, and in one year if it is not heard for twenty-five days.
**Verse 127:** If the sound of fire is not heard in the ear even after pressing with a finger for six to sixteen days, then death occurs in five years, subtracting one, two, three, four, etc., sixteen twenty-fours. For example, if the sound is not heard for five days, death occurs in five years. After that, if the sound of fire is not heard for six days, then subtract twenty-four days from five years, i.e., death occurs in 1776 days (1800 days - 24 days). If it is not heard for seven days, then subtract two twenty-fours (48 days) from 1776 days, i.e., death occurs in 1728 days. If it is not heard on the eighth day, then subtract five twenty-fours (120 days) from the previous number, i.e., death occurs in 1440 days, which is four years. Similarly, the time of death should be determined by subtracting the above twenty-fours for eleven to sixteen days and twenty-one days.
**Verse 128:** Now, the determination of time of death through the head is explained. If the smoke line (dhumrarekha) spreading from the Brahma-randhra (the opening at the top of the head) is not visible for five days, then death occurs in three years.
**Verses 129-131:** The knowledge of time through other means is explained in six verses. On the first day of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha), one should purify oneself and imagine one's right hand as the bright fortnight for knowing the time cycle. The lower, middle, and upper joints of the little finger should be considered as the first, sixth, and eleventh tithis (lunar days) respectively. The remaining joints of the fingers should be considered as the remaining tithis. The fifth, tenth, and full moon (raka) should be considered as the joints of the thumb.